Search for dissertations about: "Threatening faces"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Threatening faces.
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1. Transcending dichotomies : The many faces of youth dissatisfaction in democracy
Abstract : In the recent scholarly debates over changing citizenship attitudes and norms in advanced democracies, especially when it comes to rising levels of political dissatisfaction, opinion about the political role of young people is divided. For some scholars, they represent a driving force behind the development of new kinds of citizenship values, and constitute an asset to the functioning of political systems. READ MORE
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2. Intersubject variability in the processing of fearful faces in healthy adults
Abstract : Threatening stimuli have a privileged status in the brain, meaning they receive priority in the processing stream. This makes sense from an evolutionary perspective where quickly and accurately identifying threat is necessary for survival. READ MORE
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3. The face of wrath : how facial emotion captures visual attention
Abstract : We look at the things that matter to us. We may rest our eyes on things that attract us, stare at something horrifying, or glare at someone we dislike: things that affect us emotionally are also things that capture our visual attention. READ MORE
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4. Finding an emotional face in a crowd and the role of threat-biased attention in social anxiety
Abstract : The evolutionary perspective on the functionality of prioritizing efficient threat detection (Öhman, 1986, 1993) provided the foundation for a hypothesis of an attentional bias for preferential detection of angry faces in a group of faces. Furthermore, an evolutionary analysis implied that such a threat bias would be enhanced in socially anxious individuals, whose bias for detecting threat in faces would be potentiated by their increased sensitivity for facial signals of social dominance. READ MORE
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5. Emotional orientation, brain function and genetics in adults and children : implications for development, and psychopathology
Abstract : The ability to attend or avoid emotional stimuli is important to our survival. Attending to potential threats can help us avoid danger; while attending to positive stimuli is important for our social function. For example, when we see a man with a knife it is important to run away, or avoid the threat so we are not harmed. READ MORE